RULES

• Format- 6 teams qualify from the prelims for the stage

rounds.

• Write down the answers on the sheets provided.

• Star marked questions are meant to be tie-breakers. Keep

an eye out for them.

• No negative marking.

• Use of modern electronic technology is prohibited. Make

do with the good ol’ human brain.

• Accept the decision of the quizmasters as final and

binding. It’s good for your health.

Q. 1*

• These 21 men held their position for a day against 10,000

Afghans in hand to hand combat. UNESCO published this

battle as one of the eight collective stories on bravery.

Which battle ?

A. 1*

• Battle of Saragarhi

Q. 2

• Identify the event.

A. 2

• Declaration of Emergency

Q. 3• Identify the two people sitting either side of Indira Gandhi.

A. 3

• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto

Q. 4• Which country released this postage stamp?

A. 4

• USA

Q. 5• Identify this person.

A. 5

• Pranab Mukherjee

Q. 6*• According to reports, X had been drinking heavily, smoked

large quantities of hashish and had "misbehaved" with a

guest, which resulted in his father, Y, telling his oldest son

to leave the party. The drunken X was taken to his room

by his brother Z and cousin W.One hour later, X returned

to the party armed with an H&K MP5, a Franchi SPAS-12

and an M16 and fired a single shot into the ceiling before

turning the gun on his father. Seconds later, X shot one of

his aunts. He then shot his uncle U in the chest at point-

blank range when he tried to stop X……Series of events

led to the massacre of a royal family.

• Identify X and Y.

A. 6*

• X- Prince Dipendra

• Y- King Birendra

Q. 7• This company was founded in 1983 in Vapi with five

products to treat psychiatry ailments.

• Cardiology products were introduced in 1987 followed

by gastroenterology products in 1989.

• It has recently bought GSKs opiates business in Australia

• Identify the company

A. 7

• Sun Pharma

Q. 8• What is this the first example of?

A. 8

• First Budget Briefcase for William Gladstone in 1860.

Q. 9*• INS Sindhurakshak was a Russian-made X- class diesel-

electric submarine of the Indian Navy.

• The submarine suffered a minor fire incident in 2010 and

a major one on 14 August 2013, which resulted in its

sinking at Mumbai's naval dockyard.

• Identify X.

A. 9*

• X= Kilo/ Sindhughosh

Q. 10• The name X derives from the location of the original

Metropolitan Police headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place,

which had a rear entrance on a street by the same name.

• The New York Times wrote in 1964 that just as Wall

Street gave its name to New York's financial district, X

became the name for police activity in Y.

• Identify X and Y.

A. 10

• X= Scotland Yard

• Y= London

Q. 11*• Identify

A. 11*

• Large Hadron Collider

Q. 12• What was unique about this album?

A. 12

• 2 possible answers-

• An actual tie and handkerchief was given with the LP

record.

• It was three-sided LP record.

Q. 13

• What is fear of the number 13 called?

A. 13

• Triskaidekaphobia

Q. 14

• What did the media call the man with a British accent who

is wearing black in this image?

A. 14

• Jihadi John (Mohammed Emwazi)

Q. 15

• Sugandha Bai was the muse of a famous painter.

• This painter was the first to have depicted something in

human form that resulted in a great controversy.

• He was patronized by the then Maharaja of Travancore.

• Identify the painter

A. 15

• Raja Ravi Verma

Q. 16

• Prativindhya, Satanika, Sutasoma, Srutasena and

Srutakarma.

• What are they collectively known as?

A. 16

• Upapandavas

Q. 17

• Identify the company which owns this brand.

A. 17

• Mondelez International

Q. 18*

• Identify the event.

A. 18*

• Soapbox Race

Q. 19

• Connect.

A. 19

• Eicher Motors Ltd.

Q. 20

• What is this?

1. Bill's Story

2. There Is A Solution

3. More About X

4. We Agnostics

5. How It Works

6. Into Action

7. Working With Others

8. To Wives

9. The Family Afterward

10. To Employers

11. A Vision For You

A. 20

• The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Q. 21*

• Give funda

1. Kolkata- No mark

2. Mumbai- or ‘B’ or ‘M’

3. Hyderabad- or

4. Noida-

A. 21*

• Indian Government Mints identification marks on coins.